Benefits of Cinnamon/Dalchini

Cinnamon is an evergreen tree, the dried leaves and the inner bark of which is used world over as a spice or condiment. It has a pleasing fragrance and a warm, sweet and aromatic taste. The bark is dried into cinnamon sticks or quills. Of the four varieties Ceylon (Sri Lanka) cinnamon and cinnamon cassia (Chinese) are the most popular. Ceylon cinnamon is also known as true cinnamon. It is lighter and softer in texture and can be powdered in a coffee –grinder, and of course more flavoured. The tree grows in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam and Egypt.

Cinnamon tree was known to ancient physicians even before 2700BC. The Chinese, Indians, Romans and the Greeks have recorded the early uses. The oldest record available is in the Torah, the Jewish religious text. The medicinal virtues of this herb were first given by Khizvenee.

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